Control of Clostridium difficile colitis outbreak by treating asymptomatic carriers with metronidazole

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 332-335

  Kerr, Robert B ^a   McLaughlin, David I ^a   Sonnenberg, Larry W ^a  

^a Billings Clinic Red Lodge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGE; MONTANA; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0025104032     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(90)90233-I     Document Type: Article

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